FEDERAL-SINN6R

XV Records feels like one of those labels you blink and suddenly everyone you trust is talking about them. They came out of London’s 10V Elysium arts collective and, in less than a year, have racked up absurd streaming numbers, lined up shows across Europe, and quietly assembled one of the deepest young rosters in…

Soulja Hate Repellant-Niontay

  Niontay is the most unpredictable and adventurous voice orbiting MIKE’s 10k label, alongside peers like Sideshow and Anysia Kym. Since his breakout posse cut “Real hiphop” with Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE, Niontay has leaned into a geographically unmoored sound shaped by his upbringing in Milwaukee and Central Florida and his current life in Brooklyn….

Jane Remover Drops Surprise New EP: Listen

The article announcing Jane Remover’s surprise EP ♡ succeeds as a concise, engaging news brief, but it also gestures toward deeper emotional and artistic currents in their recent work. Structurally, it follows a familiar music-news format—lead with the drop, summarize the tracklist, add a quote, provide context—but what makes it effective is how the article…

Through the Open Window: The Bootleg Series Vol. 18

The article traces the story behind Through the Open Window, the 18th volume in Bob Dylan’s Bootleg Series, and uses it to illuminate Dylan’s remarkable transformation from a rock’n’roll-obsessed Minnesota teenager into America’s preeminent young folk artist. In 1956, 15-year-old Robert Zimmerman was leading an amateur rock band in St. Paul, unaware of folk music…